"Perhaps the most persistent mistake I encounter is investors overpaying for the hope of growth. It always seems seductive to rotate to something proffering the hope of growth, but all too often we forget the lags that typify turning points. This is made all the more dangerous when the markets concerned are trading on massively elevated valuation multiples." - James Montier (May 2008, via
The Uncertain Future of Bitcoin Futures (LINK)
Dan Pink talks with Dan McGinn, author of Psyched Up (podcast) (LINK)
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There are some good titles in Audible's latest $4.95 sale. Some of the ones that stood out to me are below:
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company
The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth
The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
The Pixar Touch
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
Biology: The Science of Life (The Great Courses)
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money
Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers
On Intelligence
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
Confessions of an Economic Hitman
iWoz: How I Invented the Personal Computer and Had Fun Along the Way
Hitch-22: A Memoir
Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor